Using a switch on the front or back of your TV / VCR, it is often concealed by a door or panel. Using your TV / VCR remote, select "set-up" or "menu" to prompt an on-screen display. See similar questions...

Check the back of the TV for a switch that may be labeled "Antenna / CATV", or a three position switch labeled something like"STD/IRC/HRC" If the first, set for CATV, if the second, set for STD. Most recent units have this function as part of the on-screen programming menu, usually accessed by the remote control. Check your owner's manual for details, usually it is a setting called "signal" See similar questions...

Radio Shack - Two locations - 20th & K Streets NW, or 1 block north of the Tenleytown Metro stop. (www.radioshack.com) Best Buy - Pentagon City Metro station, mall to your right as you exit, or Tenleytown Metro Station. (www.bestbuy.com) See similar questions...

LodgeNet™ is available in the guest rooms, featuring 13 regular stations as well as Pay-Per-View Movies. There are no VCR's in the rooms. See similar questions...

The cables system is already activated. Just connect your coaxial cable to the wall jack and to the input jack on your cable ready TV or VCR ( if you have a VCR, connect the cable from the wall to the input on the VCR, and the output on the VCR to the TV input with a second cable.) See similar questions...

While most TV's and VCR's made in the last 10 years are cable ready the best way to tell is CHECK YOUR OWNERS MANUAL. If you do not have the manual with you, here are a few other ways to check: Check the back of the TV. If there is a switch that says "Input", or "Antenna / CATV" then the TV is probably cable ready. For non cable ready TV's. See similar questions...

Yes you do. In order to establish a non-addressable system, it is essential to have a converter. A cable ready TV, VCR and a Cable Company box do not provide for this feature and in not doing so, cannot replace a converter. You must have a converter to use a descrambler. This is especially true if you desire a converter/descrambler that cannot be altered or addressed by your cable company. See similar questions...

The apartments come ready for cable and phone set up. We provide for one working phone jack and one working cable jack. It is your responsibility to call the phone company and cable company to set up service. We can provide you with their phone numbers. If you want more phone or cable jacks, you may have to pay extra set up fees. The phone and cable companies can give you more details. See similar questions...

Make sure your TV is set to Video mode. To do so, press "Video" "TV/Video", "TV/AV", "Line", "Input" or AUX" on your TV remote control. The Video mode button will vary from TV to TV, some may need to be programmed first, through the TV menu. See similar questions...

Click to the left or above on Departments. Each Town Department has a set of FAQs specific to their role. See similar questions...

You can, but you will be watching the same channel/program unless you install another Comet Cable Decoder. See similar questions...

Yes, ViaTV is compatible with all other video accessories. The user manual supplied with the ViaTV Videophone provides complete instructions for connecting it with both VCRs and cable converters. You can not use a Desktop Videophone with a TV or a VCR. See similar questions...

Long answer: The minimum requirement for reproducing audio and video on DVD is an MPEG video stream and a PCM audio track. (Other streams such as Dolby Digital audio, MPEG audio, and subpicture are not necessary for the simplest case.) Basic DVD control codes are also needed. At the moment it's difficult in real time to encode the video and audio, combine them with DVD-V info, and write the whole thing to DVD. Even if you could do all this in a home recorder, it would be extremely expensive. See similar questions...

Everyone wants these to be TV's, but in most instances they are actually more closely related to the VCR. In a lot of models the only remote control that will satisfactorily work combo sets is the manufacturers original. In many cases even manufacturers that build their own TV's, have some other manufacturer build their TV/VCR combo's. See similar questions...

Yes, each home is equipped with a Mediacom digital cable TV connection and multiple color TV sets. Each home also offers all six HBO channels. In addition, Tidewater and Waters Edge have a High Definition TV and home theater with Dolby surround sound. See similar questions...

Yes and there is a very low additional outlet rate of Dhs. 25 designed to provide all subscribed services to all the TV's in your home. See similar questions...

Despite the fact that many VCRs and TVs have an expanded range tuner, they are not capable of descrambling certain high band signals such as those used for pay TV channels -- that's what the set-up box does. See similar questions...

No Problem!. dishtv is digital and direct, that means when you choose to install dishtv, you need not disturb your cable connection, just install your own Dish, simply connect the Digibox to your existing TV, insert your personal unique Viewing Card and you are ready to go! Infact you can watch television without disturbing your existing cable connection in normal TV mode and dishtv in AV mode, by choosing the AV option from the remote of your TV set. See similar questions...